Hawkfish anthias
| Hawkfish anthias | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Serranidae |
| Subfamily: | Anthiinae |
| Genus: | Serranocirrhitus |
| Species: | S. latus |
| Binomial name | |
| Serranocirrhitus latus Watanabe, 1949 | |
The hawkfish anthias (Serranocirrhitus latus), also known as the hawk anthias, fathead anthias, or sunburst anthias, is a small, colorful species of marine fish in the subfamily Anthiinae. It is the only member of the genus Serranocirrhitus.[1] Compared to most members of Anthiinae, it is relatively thickset. It reaches 13 cm (5.1 in) in length, and is orange-yellow on the upper part of its body and deep pink on the lower part. It is found at coral reefs at depths of 15–70 m (49–230 ft) in the West Pacific, ranging from Indonesia to southern Japan and Tonga.[2] In the wild, the fish's diet consists mainly of zooplankton.[3]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Serranocirrhitus in FishBase. June 2012 version.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Serranocirrhitus latus" in FishBase. June 2012 version.
- ↑ Lougher, Tristan (2006). What Fish?: A Buyer's Guide to Marine Fish. Interpet Publishing. ISBN 0-7641-3256-3.
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